Lockdown: Tips For Parents To Cope With Kids @ Home Flashcards

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Unprecedented situation

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A situation which has never happened before.

Having a positive attitude by seeing the lockdown as an opportunity will help in this unprecedented situation.

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Coping skills

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Skill the can use to cope, or deal with, stressful situations.

It can be a great opportunity to teach them coping skills. One of her main ideas is that parents shouldn’t try to re-create a school classroom @ home.

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Brainstorm

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Discuss with others to suggest ideas or solutions to a problem.

I would brainstorm ideas & then draw up timetables of what you’re going to do each day

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Chunk of time

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A piece of sth, often a large part.

Include a nice chunk of time, often after lunch time. … So playing with your children is wonderfull

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Downtime

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Time when you relax & do not do very much.

It’s also important to timetable in downtime.
Don’t forget to schedule in some downtime.
Include a nice chunk of time, for a bit of downtime.

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Let off steam

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Do sth to get rid of strong feelings like anger or excitement by expressing them without harming anyone.

Pillow fights are also a great way to let off steam.

I remember my dad driving us down to the side, looking out the car window & playing I-spy with y sister.
Under normal circumstances, which country has the longest school summer holidays? Italy up to 18 weeks of holidays.
… an extended & unplanned break.

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